On my morning walk I saw some other flowers that survived the recent cold-snap here in North Texas. I think this is an Azalea bush, but it is different from any other bushes I’ve seen. If you look closely you can see my dog, Dusty. I didn’t know he was in the picture until I […]

This post originally appeared in October 2008, but it could apply to today’s political race with just a few name changes. It is either incredibly sad or incredibly funny that history just keeps repeating and repeating and repeating…. Let’s All Take a Break The latest political news has Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama declining public […]

Looks like we dodged the bullet one more time and the whole global financial system is not going to implode after all. The stock market has recovered somewhat, and banks are getting assistance from government. The financial life of the world goes on. But have we learned anything from this near-disaster? Is anything going to […]

With the presidential candidates from the Democratic party in a race that may not be decided by the primaries and caucuses, the 800 super-delegates might get to pick the nominee for that party. And one newscaster recently commented that, “they can vote on a whim.” A whim? One of the most important political decisions in […]